The document discusses how a media product represents social groups through its antagonist character. Specifically, it describes how the male antagonist in the thriller opening is portrayed as more intimidating and dominant over the female protagonist, representing a stereotypical relationship. It also compares the antagonist to the fictional character Hannibal Lecter, noting similarities like both being portrayed as cultured and refined, but also differences, like the antagonist having no dialogue to develop his personality unlike Hannibal Lecter.

1. How does
your Media
Product
represent
particular
Social
Groups?

2. In our thriller opening our antagonist is a typical
male, we choose to have a male antagonist
rather than have a femme fatal as we wanted
our character to appear more intimidating. For
example: in our opening we are representing a
stereotypical representation as the male is
dominant over the female protagonist. By
watching our opening you can see our antagonist
has a close resemblance to the fictional
antagonist ‘Hannibal Lector.’ Like Hannibal our
antagonist is a “pure psychopath,” although our
target audience do not know the exposition of
antagonist it’s likely that him and ‘Hannibal’ had
many similarities. For example; both may have
been traumatized as a child, this is usually the
cause of the choices some serial killers make.
Both characters are similar also; in our cooking
scene classical music is played, this connotes
that like ‘Hannibal’ our antagonist is portrayed as
cultured and sophisticated with a refined taste in
music.
Similarities to the fictional character ‘Hannibal Lector’

3. Differences to the fictional character ‘Hannibal Lector’
Compared to the fictional character ‘Hannibal Lector’ our antagonist is also
portrayed differently in our opening. For example; in our thriller opening we had
no dialogue, because of this we did not develop the antagonist’s personality, like
Hannibal. Hannibal is known as a “social elite” rather than an introvert, like our
antagonist in our thriller opening. Also, contrasted with the other films that
‘Hannibal’ is in connotes that they are different in the way they are viewed. For
example; In ‘The Silence of the Lambs,’ Hannibal is described through
protagonist’s eyes, however in our opening the antagonist is viewed purely by the
audience themselves. This allows the audience to make their own judgements
and views on the antagonist.